Name: William N. Tolley
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 14
Date of Incident: 04/20/2017
Time of Incident: 1420hrs
Date of Death: 04/20/2017
Fire Department: Fire Department New York City
Address: 9 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Fire Department Chief: James E. Leonard
Incident Description: At 1420hrs, Firefighter William N. Tolley and members of Ladder 135, along with additional fire units, responded to a fire in a second floor apartment in a five-story apartment building at 1615 Putnam Avenue in Queens. Firefighter Tolley, who was assigned as his unit's outside ventilation firefighter, was accessing the roof of the structure when he fell five stories. Firefighter Tolley was transported to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center where he succumbed to the injuries sustained in the fall.
Incident Location: 1615 Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood, NY
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